Seated Young Woman, Terra-cotta Sculpture, Signed LB fabric the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts

the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts

balls are 1 1/2" in diameter

as is the lid on the very top

which I’d guess dates from the 40s or 50s

Seated Young Woman, Terra-cotta Sculpture, Signed LB fabric the Kalamazoo Institute of ArtsThis really lovely seated terra cotta woman with a terrific presence screams WPA era to me, but I don't know for sure, and have not been able to trace what appears to be LB signed on the back of her base. I love her poised, almost stoically serene posture and expression, imparting her with a sense of quiet, gentle strength, but also how this is contrasted by the manner in which her hands grip the sides of pedestal upon which she sits, to my eye at